Launch Engineer: Ultra-Low-Volume Auto Manufacturing

Singer Group; Daventry; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career development

Wellness program

On-site parking

Company pension

Job summary

Singer Vehicle Design in the United Kingdom is seeking a Launch Engineer for Woodford Halse to ensure manufacturability and robust launches in an ultra-low-volume automotive setting. You will own manufacturability assessments, define launch deliverables, and guide build teams through prototype to series handover while resolving issues with rigorous root-cause analysis.

A strong collaborative, hands-on approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, launch, or production engineering.
• Strong understanding of assembly processes and tooling systems.
• Experience with prototype and pre-production build phases.
• Familiarity with structured problem-solving and manufacturing risk management techniques.

Responsibilities

• Execute station-based manufacturability and process readiness assessments across Virtual, Prototype, and Pre-Production builds, validating:
• Joining and fastening strategies
• Build sequence
• Tooling and fixture suitability
• Bill of Material structure and maturity
• Define, release, and control manufacturability-driven launch deliverables, including:
• Process definition and station process flow
• Torque definitions, critical characteristics, and key recordables
• Tooling readiness sign-off and tooling registers
• Perceived quality, fit, and finish acceptance standards
• Build Book content
• Identify, classify, and manage manufacturing, assembly, and build-related issues.
• Lead issues through containment, root cause identification, and validation of corrective actions.
• Ensure deviations, and concessions are technically assessed, authorised, and fully traceable.

Skills

Manufacturing

Launch engineering

Problem solving

Automotive

Communication

Job description

Singer Vehicle Design in the United Kingdom is seeking a Launch Engineer for Woodford Halse to ensure manufacturability and robust launches in an ultra-low-volume automotive setting. You will own manufacturability assessments, define launch deliverables, and guide build teams through prototype to series handover while resolving issues with rigorous root-cause analysis.

A strong collaborative, hands-on approach is essential.